Improved weather-strip



M2M @like y WILLIAM MILLE-R, or oHiooPEE, MASSACHUSETTS.

u Laim Patent No. 89,785, dma May 4., 1869.

IMPROVE!) WEATHER-STRIP.

` The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent Aamil making part ofthe same To whom it may conce/rn:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM MILLER, of -Ghicopee, county of Hampden,State of Massachusetts, have invented `an Improved Weather-Strip; `anddo hereby declare the following to-be -a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, inwhich- .f

Figure 1 is a transverse section of my improved weather-strip.

Figure 2 Ais rear elevation, showing springs and manner of adjustment. ni The. object of `my invention is toY produce `a simple,cheaply-constructed, yet serviceable weatherstrip, in whichI candispense with hinges of any kind. l

The nature of my invention consists in' two boards of ak weather-stripheld together by peculiar construction of. groove and pressureofspring'.

In the drawings- A and- A are strips or boards. i Af has roundprojectionv B, which ts vand rolls in socket'B on board A.

A', at d.

f The spring bears upon a metal surface, E. l This is to prevent thewearing away of the wood.

not in use.

In use, the hoard A is attached to the door, so that cleats upon thesill or jamb, and is pressed against the spring D. The sleeve of Bcoming over the projection B, as shown, keeps all tightly closed.

` WM. MILLER.

` 0n the reverse of the board A is attached spring. D.

`- This `spring extends across to and' bears upon board The spring D iscurved-a little to A', so as to keep i the weather-strip in the positionshown in fig. l, when` v when the door is closed the face of A comesagainst.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to securev

